Iphone 5: Make Or Break For Apple
in the battle with samsung

Yes, we know samsung sell a ton of phones, and yes they are currently #1 in smart phones sales world wide.

Computer worlds latest Blog, seems to be trying to pant some sort of gloomy picture that apple might as well pull up stumps now, if they can knock samsung, off their number #1 perch if the iPhone is not as ground breaking as the original iPhones was.

Whats everybody think, has the iPhone become stale.

To be fair its not really changed thats much since the first iPhone, except for a glass back and a few other minor touches, ( excluding software os course) , so is the iPhone dated? or is it still relative, and trend setting?

I'm not overly concerned with the constant search for new and shiny. I think it just shows the shallowness of our culture. (Honestly, some people want change for its own sake.) I think the OS could do with a little shake up. Personally I'd like to see the option to put widgets permanently on the home screen. Windows live tiles look great but in the end these things are really just eye candy.

I don't care if Apple isn't number one as long as they stay great.

"I don't believe there's a power in the 'verse that can stop Kaylee from being cheerful...

...Sometimes you just wanna duct tape her mouth and dump her in the hold for a month."

they're down fall? the biggest company in the world? downfall? look at the market 90% of true touch phones are iPhone clones, only fan boys care about them looking different, the general public just wanna flick angry birds around,

and the ability to change settings such as turning on/off Bluetooth, airplane mode etc with one swipe from the home screen.

As much as this would be nice, I can't see Apple giving us such control. If Lion has shown us anything, it is that Apple is removing our ability to customize the user settings of our products, and they aren't as responsive to acknowledging / making user requested improvements. Sure, we eventually got the mute/ rotate option, but there are plenty of other complaints that remain unresolved (admittedly they are OS X related though).

I must say this new gadget looks fabulous indeed . Shall I wait again for this one to come out?

I love the sleek design,the colours, the concept and the wrap around idea but if this wraparound is too sensitive it could be a real pain. Tho, it has a lock mechanism, it could be tricky. I have this sort of problem with my B......Y Nokia. Too sensitive screen that is a hindrance.